Originally Posted by canadiancare:
I can't see myself being able to continue to provide daycare if my marriage were to end. My income as a caregiver wouldn't pay for this house and neither would whatever child support my husband would contribute since our kids are 21, 19 and 15.
Luckily that isn't the only reason I stay with him.
This is why I feel extremely blessed. Not only was I able to take over the rent at the time and support myself, I was able to buy my own house within 3 months after the divorce, as I was being kicked out of the duplex I lived in. (I was actually waiting for the divorce so I could buy a house.)
I now have my successful business and my own house, with the whole lower level just for the daycare. It is by far nothing fancy at all (in fact, sorta a little fixer upper), but it is mine and I am so blessed. I obviously had to find something in my range, which as a caregiver is low, but sometimes it's better than the stress of being in a bad relationship.